About

Portia Woods founded Toast The Coast Food Tours to showcase the slow road of the Causeway Coastal Route, the place she calls home.  Home to her family and her favourite coastal drives for picnic stops (her favourite thing to do), Portia knows every village, town and hidden gem stops along the way.

Passionate about local food, home cooking and a long line of hospitable family members, Portia attributes her drive to deliver the Food Tour experience to her strong family heritage and delicious, traditional food in the early years of her family home.

Strongly driven to support small local businesses Portia has designed Food Tour experiences that support hard working, driven businesses who are committed to collaboration for the greater good of the local economy and community.

Portia knows when visitors book a food tour in Northern Ireland they will receive a warm welcome and discover the Causeway Coastal Route Food Tour might just let them see it is possibly the best coastal drive in the world, best place to live, work and eat.

• Brand Demonstrator Embrace a Giant Spirit.
• Tourism NI Familiarisation & Media Tour Partner.
• Tourism Ireland Familiarisation & Media Tour Partner.
• World Host Food Ambassador.
• Northern Ireland Female Food Entrepreneur of the Year.
• Skäl International Northern Ireland Committee Member.
• Food NI (Taste of Ulster Member).
• Tour Guides NI Member.
• Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce Member.

Toast The Coast contributes a donation per person on every Food Tour to the RNLI Larne Station.  Annual charity donations and activity involve Integrated Education and Larne Rotary.